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by Joel Markowitz
A conversation with Synetic Theater Artistic Director Paata Tsikurishvili, director of Dante and Ben Cunis, co-adaptor, who appears in the title role.
Three hours before their call at Rosslyn Spectrum, Paata Tsikurishvili and Ben Cunis sat down with Joel Markowitz to talk about the daunting task of creating a play out of one of the most extraordinary works in world literature - Dante Alighieri’s classic poem The Divine Comedy. [Read more...]
Mary Louise Parker is one of those luminous ladies who will have allure on a stage as long as she agrees to set foot on one. Movie cameras are not so friendly, and the radiant Ms. Parker has thus far graced many more small screens than large ones. Embroiled for the past few seasons in the crazy plot maneuverings of Weeds on Showtime, she must have reached out to Ibsen’s Hedda for an opportunity to explore a very different kind of woman. But has she given us Ibsen’s frustrated, misplaced, sexually repressed Hedda Tesman, [Read more...]
I AM THEATRE (TCG) American Theatre Wing Interviews